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Soviet cocktail king still shakes it up

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Published 23 November, 2009, 09:50

Shaking and stirring for some of Hollywood's elite has made a Russian bartender a legend. Working during the height of the cold war, he provided foreign visitors with a window on life in the Soviet Union.

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